Bulletin
Changes of the composition of Netia Holdings’ Supervisory Board
WARSAW, Poland – January 15, 2003 – Netia Holdings S.A. ("Netia") (WSE: NET), Poland's largest alternative provider of fixed-line telecommunications services (in terms of value of generated revenues), today announced that its management board received from TeliaSonera AB (publ.) (previously Telia AB publ.) (“TeliaSonera”) and EM Warburg Pincus (“Warburg”) declarations with respect to changes in the composition of Netia’s supervisory board made in accordance with Netia’s Statute. The following changes of the composition of Netia’s supervisory board were made: TeliaSonera dismissed Charlotte Grette, as of January 14, 2003 as member of Netia’s supervisory board. TeliaSonera also dismissed Jan Henrik Ahrnell and Hans Tuvehjelm, as of the date of the registration by the Polish court of the changes of Netia’s Statute to be adopted by the Extraordinary General Meeting of Shareholders to be held on January 15, 2003 as members of Netia’s supervisory board. As of January 15, 2003, Warburg dismissed Roberto Italia as member of Netia’s supervisory board. As of January 15, 2003, TeliaSonera appointed Nicholas N. Cournoyer as member of the supervisory board who will replace Morgan Ekberg as chairman of Netia’s supervisory board. TeliaSonera re-appointed Morgan Ekberg as member of Netia’s supervisory board. As of January 15, 2003, Warburg appointed Ewa Maria Robertson as member of Netia’s supervisory board. As a result of these changes Netia’s supervisory board currently consists of the following 10 members: Nicholas N. Cournoyer (chairman of the supervisory board), Morgan Ekberg, Jan Guz, Donald Mucha, Przemysław Jaroński, David Oertle, Andrzej Radzimiński, Ewa Maria Robertson, Jan Henrik Ahrnell and Hans Tuvehjelm. As of the date of the registration by the Polish court of the changes of Netia’s Statute to be adopted by the Extraordinary General Meeting of Shareholders on January 15, 2003, Jan Henrik Ahrnell, and Hans Tuvehjelm will cease to be members of Netia’s supervisory board. In accordance with the schedule of Netia’s Extraordinary General Meeting of Shareholders to be held on January 15, 2003, the Extraordinary General Meeting of Shareholders may adopt resolutions on further changes of the composition of Netia’s supervisory board.
Some of the information contained in this news release contains forward-looking statements. Readers are cautioned that any such forward-looking statements are not guarantees of future performance and involve risks and uncertainties, and that actual results may differ materially from those in the forward-looking statements as a result of various factors. For a more detailed description of these risks and factors, please see Netia's filings with the Securities and Exchange Commission, including its Annual Report on Form 20-F filed with the Commission on March 28, 2002, its Current Report on Form 6-K filed with the Commission on April 3, 2002, its Current Reports on Forms 6-K filed with the Commission on May 6, 2002, its Current Report on Form 6-K filed with the Commission on May 7, 2002, its Current Report on Form 6-K filed with the Commission on May 20, 2002, its Current Report on Form 6-K filed with the Commission on May 24, 2002, its Current Report on Form 6-K filed with the Commission on June 28, 2002, its Current Report on Form 6-K filed with the Commission on July 2, 2002, its Current Report on Form 6-K filed with the Commission on July 31, 2002, and its Current Report on Form 6-K filed with the Commission on August 2, 2002, its Current Reports on Form 6-K filed with the Commission on August 6, 2002, its Current Report on Form 6-K filed with the Commission on August 9, 2002, its Current Report on Form 6-K filed with the Commission on August 15, 2002 its Current Report on Form 6-K filed with the Commission on August 16, 2002, its Current Report on Form 6-K filed with the Commission on August 28, 2002, its Current Report on Form 6-K filed with the Commission on August 30, 2002, its Current Report on Form 6-K filed with the Commission on September 16, 2002, its Current Report on Form 6-K filed with the Commission on September 20, 2002, its Current Report on Form 6-K filed with the Commission on September 24, 2002, its Current Report on Form 6-K filed with the Commission on October 1, 2002, its Current Report on Form 6-K filed with the Commission on October 15, 2002, its Current Report on Form 6-K filed with the Commission on October 17, 2002, its Current Report on Form 6-K filed with the Commission on October 22, 2002, its Current Report on Form 6-K filed with the Commission on October 25, 2002, its Current Report on Form 6-K filed with the Commission on November 5, 200, its Current Report on Form 6-K filed with the Commission on November 5, 2002 Current Report on Form 6-K filed with the Commission on November 6, 2002, Current Report on Form 6-K filed with the Commission on November 18, 2002 , Current Report on Form 6-K filed with the Commission on November 21, 2002, Current Reports on Form 6-K filed with the Commission on December 3, 2002. Current Reports on Form 6-K filed with the Commission on December 10, 2002, Current Report on Form 6-K filed with the Commission on December 23, 2002 and Current Report on Form 6-K filed with the Commission on January 8, 2003. Netia undertakes no obligation to publicly update or revise any forward-looking statements.